37
When I stepped into the party"s hall, I got dizzy from the overwhelming number of people.
You said that this was an informal party……. I think it"s impossible for me to get used to this dear mother.
The party was in a buffet style, with many people chatting here and there.
Am I not out of place? I did receive the training of a proper ojou-sama, but my personality was still that of a commoner. I love junk foods, snacks, and sweets, you know? Cheap sweets are the best.
In the moment I tried to escape reality, my father still steadily advanced. Wait, I"m gonna lose sight of you.
I desperately walked on with the heels I"m not used to, so as to not be separated from father.
Before long, father stopped walking, his gaze moving towards a dandy oji-sama.
Father is a man with a gentle manners, but this man is a dandy. He must have been popular with women when they were young. Well, he still looks like he"d be popular right now.
"Hey, Kaguragi-san."
"Thank you for inviting me today."
"No no, I"m glad you came. Is that lovely ojou-san the daughter you boast of?"
"Yes. That"s right. This is the daughter I"m proud of, Rinka."
"Nice to meet you. Thank you for inviting me today. My name is Rinka."
Father dear, please show some modesty. While thinking this, I elegantly greeted him.
The dandy oji-sama laughed.
"I see, now I understand why you would want to boast about her. Nice to meet you, Rinksan. I"m Hasumi Soichiro, Sousuke"s father. It seems like my son has been in your care."
Ah, as expected this person is Hasumi"s father.
Their eyes resemble each other but on a whole they don"t look similar. Hasumi resemble his mother probably.
"No. It"s more I that has been taken care of……."
At the mention of Hasumi"s my mood sinked.
Without minding my mental state, the adults continued their talk.
I gave my all just to maintain my smile. I want to leave this place quickly.
"Father."
Surprised, my shoulders jumped up at the sound of this voice.
Timidly turning my face towards the voice, I found the person I wanted to see the least right now, Hasumi.
"Sousuke. What is it?"
"Actually……"
Hasumi’s father and Hasumi talked about something.
I couldn"t bear to look at Hasumi"s face and so changed my head down.
The parent-child conversation continued for a while, and in the end Hasumi’s father left his seat, looking apologetic, because he got called away for something.
My father nodded with cordiality.
Hasumi’s father looked as though he just recalled something, and said:
"Sousuke. I"ll leave you to accompany Rinksan."
"Ha?"
Hasumi"s eyes rounded as if he just realized that I was there.
"Make sure to not be rude okay. Well then, Kaguragi-san, Rinksan, I"ll go now. Have fun."
"Thank you for your consideration."
When Hasumi’s father left, my father, while smiling, said he"ll go greet other people, leaving me here.
Wait! Don"t leave me alone!!
What to do in this kind of situation?
E-ehm, for the time being I should greet him!
"Gokigen"yo, Hasumi-sama. Thank you for inviting me."
I said it without gnawing on the words. Good job me!
In reality, I"m so nervous that I am about to tremble, but I somehow managed to restrain that nervousness.
"Oh……"
"………………"
What to do, the conversation doesn"t keep up.
Shall I say that I have to go to the toilet and then run away? Let"s do that.
Prepared to flee, when I raised my face to excuse myself, I met Hasumi"s eyes.
I solidified, as if I encountered medusa.
For a short while, I stared at Hasumi. For some reason, I couldn"t avert my eyes. It seemed like I was under a petrification curse.
"Why are you here."
The first one to turn his eyes away was Hasumi.
At the same time that happened, my petrification was solved.
"Because I received an invitation."
My voice seemed like it was about to tremble. I mustered my resolve and responded with the air coming from my stomach.
Before long, we got showered in the surrounding people attention.
I can hear whispering voices here and there.
What"s this, it feels so unpleasant.
My mood turned even worse as I wasn"t used to be at the centre of attention.
".......come here."
Pulled by Hasumi"s hand, I followed after him.
The length of our strides were different. That"s why, even our walking speed differs too.
I became desperate to keep up with Hasumi.
Hasumi didn"t concern himself with his stride. But only now did he notice and match our pace.
Hasumi dragged me outside the party hall, to a garden that had a calm atmosphere. Usually, it would be full of couples and married couples but right now, there was no one around.
Hasumi walked to the centre of the garden and then roughly released my arm.
At that moment, an unpleasant pain run through my foot. Losing my balance it seems like I twisted it.
"What"s your purpose?"
"Purpose?"
"What do you want to get by getting close to me?"
"I just want to make up with Hasumi-sama."
"Make up? Making up or whatever, were we close enough to have to make up?"
At his words, I got more shocked than I expected.
I thought that we somehow got along with each other. I didn"t hate Hasumi"s cynicism and cool-headed retorts.
I thought that we were friends.
―――even so, was I the only one to think that?
Tn: Naoriel
Ed: Aeternatrix
Nao"s lil corner >.
Sorry for the late release!!
*Cough* I"ve been hooked by some Korean manga and drama...*cough*
Anyway!!
This is the end for the "Hasumi pat pat game"
And now that the pats ended, we"ll began to pinch his cheek instead. xD
Same rules as the last one! You comment with:
1# *pinch his cheek* tze tze Hasumi!! You shouldn"t have done that!
(Number and pinches)
Since we reached number 37 in the last game we"ll continue from that number!!
In other words, the first person that partic.i.p.ate has to comment: 38# *pinch his cheek*
Once we reach 50: 1 extra release.
Once we reach 60: another extra release.
*sigh* Hasumi Hasumi....no matter how jealous! You shouldn"t have done that!!!
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